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Kevin Hon, the president of the Barnard Astronomical Society of Chattanooga, said members of the 100-year club are excited ...

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Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.